Just believe the tv baby

don’t think about who chooses the news
and what they have to gain or loose
and never question whose paying who
yeah just believe the tv baby

don’t ask for in-depth analysis
or wish the interviewer took a risk
or hope that truth was not dismissed
yeah just believe the tv baby

take apart the news-hour script
and ask how much real news was it
and what was just alarmist shit
thrown down to keep you where you sit
with pointless scenes of body bags
and starving hags
and drunken lads
and fashion slags
all arranged to entertain
but never actually fill your brain

how do you feel like you really know
if the news has become a popularity show?

still we tune in every night
to watch the latest freedom fight
or terrorist bad-guy throwing a bomb
happy that we all belong
to the side that is good and God and true
well kid, turns out 'they' think that too

just never ever ask what it means
when someone changes the name of things
to suit the view of a very few
who own the news and decide what's true
and do just what they want to do
because they think they own you too

how is it that the news is now
a magazine of celebrity cows
and pretty footballers faces
and the loveliest hats from the-day-at-the-races
and anything but commentary
on what will happen if dysentery
takes a hold in the aftermath
of that place you forgot by the start of [/font]the ads

but don’t feel bad, sit back, relax
don’t worry if 'the facts' aren't facts
someone else takes care of that
yeah just believe the tv baby

don't think about it anymore
or worry while you're watching wars
'cos that’s what we make weapons for
yeah just believe the tv baby